Belt loop



May 8, 1923.

A. D. CROSBY BELT LOOP Filed Nov. 17, 2

Patented May 8, 1923.,

TESS

' ALFRED D. onosnY, or A'rrnnsono, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT LOOP.

Application filed November 17, 1922. Serial No. 601,573.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, ALFRED D. CROSBY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and tate of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt Loops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to belt loops of the type adapted to support suspension chains for key rings, watches, and the like.

An object of my invention is to insure against the accidental release of the fastening means of my device.

A further object is to enable automatic engagement of the fastening means.

Another object is inexpensiveness of construction.

My invention consists therefore in the means for producing the results above specified substantially as hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawmgs whlch are a part of this specification, and in which is shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of my invention,

Figures 1, 2, and 3, are a front, side, and rear elevation respectively of my belt loop,

Figure 4, a partial section of the same on line M of Figure 1,

Figure 5, a fragmentary section on line 55 of Figure 2,

Figure 6, a detail view of the bearing member,

Figure 7, a perspective member, and v Figure 8, a perspective view of my loop engaged on a belt and carrying a chain, the belt and chain being shown partially broken away.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the views.

In detail my device is formed by bending a flat oblong resilient strip of metal into an open loop comprising a front arm 10, a rear arm 11 and an intermediate bend or loop 12. The lower end of the arm 10 is extended to form an attaching lug 13 provided with a perforation 14 adapted to receive the end of a suspension chain 15. The arm 11 preferably tapers laterally downward and has its free extremity 17 outwardly inclined, and in this instance is of reduced width to form a lip.

A bearing or joint member comprises a base 19 fast to or integral with the inner face of the arm 10 near its lower end and disposed transversely thereof. Integral View of the yoke with its ends are cars 20 provided .with perforations 21; and integral with the lower edge is a forwardly extending lip 22.

Mounted to pivot in the bearing member is a yoke or catch shown in detail in Figure 7. This is, like the bearing member, cut and bent from a flat metallic blank. The yoke comprises the bodyor cross piece 24 and legs or arms 25. Integral with the lower ends of the arms are lateral projections, pivot members, or trunnions 27, in alignment with which upon the arms are inwardly directed studs 29. The extremity of one arm is bent to form a lug 31 disposed at right angles to the same. The other arm is likewise bent to form a lug 32 at right angles and has upon its end an inwardly directed extended portion or finger 33. The pivot members 27 are loose in the perforations, and upon the studs 29 is a helical spring 35 having one end 36 resting on the base 19 and its other end 37 engaging the upper face of the finger 33. The lugs 31 and 32 are normally pressed against the base 19 by the spring, and thus form a stop for the upward travel of the yoke, whereby the yoke, normally maintained in a plane substantially at right angles to the base 19, is in the path of the portion 17 of the resilient arm 11. The yoke, however, is pivotally yielding in a downward direction. Hence when the arm 11 is disengaged and is being manually pressed towards the arm 10, the portion 1 engages the yoke portion 24, as shown in Figure 4, and depresses the yoke until the portionl? reaches the open portion of the yoke, whereupon the spring 35 snaps the yoke upwardly over the portion 19 tooriginal position, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, embracing the portion 17- at the base of. the outward incline of the latter. The incline assists the spring 35 in preventing the disengagement of the yoke and arm 11. The lip 22 when present guards and to an extent houses the spring 35, and acts as a stop for the released yoke.

In applying the loop to a belt 39 it will be understood that the arm 11 is free of the yoke and the loop is downwardly applied to the bolt, the arm 10 passing in front of the belt, and the arm 11 behind the belt until the portion 12- rests upon the top edge of the belt. Thereupon, with his thumb and finger, the operator compresses the lower portions of the arms to automatically engage the yoke 24.

I claim 2-- 1. In a belt loop, fiat arms, a loop connecting the arms, an outwardly inclined extension upon the free end of one arm, an attaching lug upon the free end of the other arm, and a yoke yieldingly supported by the second arm above the lugs in the path of the extension.

2. In a belt loop, a body comprising re silient arms connected at two of their adj acent ends, an outwardly inclined extension upon the free end of one arm, a yoke pivotally supported by the other arm near its free end in the path of the extension, and a spring carried by the second arm pressing against the yoke.

3. In a belt loop, a body comprising two flat arms and a connecting loop, an outwardly inclined extension on the free end of one arm, a bearing comprising a base fast to the other arm near its free end and lateral ears provided with perforations, a yoke engageable with the extension, pivot members on the yoke extending into the perforations, stop lugs on the yoke engageable with the base, studs in the yoke, and a spring on the studs engaging the base and one of the lugs.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ALFRED n. onosnr. 

